According to Wikipedia, it was on this date that Johannes Gutenberg began printing the Gutenberg Bible (pictured) in Mainz, Germany. The print run started on February 23, 1455, using a printing press and movable type. This Bible is the most famous incunabulum and its production marked the beginning of the mass production of books in the West. It was printed in the type styles that would become known as Textura and Schwabacher. A complete copy comprises 1282 pages; most were bound in two or more volumes.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Mass Producing God's Word
According to Wikipedia, it was on this date that Johannes Gutenberg began printing the Gutenberg Bible (pictured) in Mainz, Germany. The print run started on February 23, 1455, using a printing press and movable type. This Bible is the most famous incunabulum and its production marked the beginning of the mass production of books in the West. It was printed in the type styles that would become known as Textura and Schwabacher. A complete copy comprises 1282 pages; most were bound in two or more volumes.
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not to mention "incunabulum" is just fun to SAY.
I bet you can even use it in a sentence with "profundity."
I'm just glad I have that dictionary feature on my sidebar (under "things I use") so I know how to pronounce it!
I just found out today that one of my friends drives past your place every weekday on his way to work.
I should make an "I Love POWERPOINT" sign and stick it to his car. Starting on the second day, you'd be out there utilizing the remaining snow to pelt his car as he went by.
...Or on the right day I just might chuck the computer at them.
So what do they drive?
He drives a burgundy Saturn SL. In case you happen to be looking out the window at HW1 about, oh, 7:30am I would guess. Let's see, what else...he's Lutheran, graduated Concordia High School, IPFW with degree in EET, actual profession: programmer. Lives in Waynedale, works in Bluffton. So if you need hands-on help with Powerpoint, you'll have to flag him down. Or just do the "free birdseed" trick... he'll stop.
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